President Trump threatens social media companies with new regulation or even shuttering after Twitter moved to add fact checks to two of his tweet

President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened social media companies with new regulation or even shuttering after Twitter moved a day earlier to add fact checks to two of his tweets.

Claiming tech giants “silence conservative voices,” Trump said, “We will strongly regulate, or close them down, before we can ever allow this to happen.” 

And he repeated his unsubstantiated claim — which sparked his latest showdown with Silicon Valley — that expanding mail-in voting “would be a free for all on cheating, forgery and the theft of Ballots.”

The president can’t unilaterally regulate or close social media companies, as such moves would require action by Congress or the Federal Communications Commission.